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: Trade Groups Appeal Kollar-Kotellys Call">
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia ruled last year that Microsoft had in fact illegally abused its monopoly power and assigned Kollar-Kotelly to come up with a remedy other than the breakup order that U.S. District Judge Thomas Penfield Jackson initially ordered. The appellate court took Jackson off the case and ordered the case moved to a new judge.
In other Microsoft legal news, Sendo Plc., a British mobile phone maker said it has filed a suit against Microsoft in the United States claiming Microsoft stole its technology and shared it with other companies after a deal between Microsoft and Sendo failed to materialize.

A spokeswoman for the company confirmed that Sendo filed suit against Microsoft in U.S. federal court last Friday.

Darryl K. Taft covers the development tools and developer-related issues beat from his office in Baltimore. He has more than 10 years of experience in the business and is always looking for the next scoop. Taft is a member of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) and was named 'one of the most active middleware reporters in the world' by The Middleware Co. He also has his own card in the 'Who's Who in Enterprise Java' deck.